Top 10 bands

Your top 10 bands, and/or honorable mentions.

1. Cursive/the Good Life
2. Fear Before (the march of flames)
3. Thrice
4. The Lawrence Arms/sundowner/the falcon
5. Brand new
6. The Gaslight Anthem
7. drmanhattan
8. drop dead gorgeous
9. defiance, ohio
10. glassJAw

Honorable mentions:
ghost mice, closure in moscow, man man, alkaline trio, afi, gogol bordello

hmm

1. Pearl Jam
2. Frank Turner
3. The Gaslight Anthem
4. The National
5. Lou Reed
6. Red Cortez
7. The Henry Clay People
8. Against Me!
9. Tom Waits
10. Lucero

Honorable Mentions:
Hot Water Music, Nico, Jim Ward/Sleepercar, Sound Tribe Sector 9

oldgospelchoir wrote:

hmm

1. Pearl Jam
2. Frank Turner
3. The Gaslight Anthem
4. Red Cortez
5. Lou Reed
6. Red Cortez
7. The Henry Clay People
8. Against Me!
9. Tom Waits
10. Lucero

Honorable Mentions:
Hot Water Music, Nico, Jim Ward/Sleepercar, Sound Tribe Sector 9

I was considering adding Tom Waits to my honorable mentions. I hate against me! post SFAFC, but when I was 14-16 I loved them. Lucero, Pearl Jam, and Lou Reed are damn good too.


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and hot water music, don't know how I missed that.

media wrote:

I hate against me! post SFAFC, but when I was 14-16 I loved them.

I don't hate AM! but white crosses was simply horrible...even New Wave is listenable.

They sealed their fate for me when AM! had Crime! taken off of PIX Records to distribute themselves. PIX is a DIY label, and Crime (back in 04-05 at least) was their best selling album, so why screw PIX?

I literally asked tom why this decision was made, and he said, "Well, Crime was never really on Plan-It-X, it was just a deal among friends to help distribute us. We can sell it better ourselves."

So according to Tom, from I can gather, Money > Friends
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"our arenas, just basements and bookstores across an underground america"
right after RAR was released they toured with Green Day and played at Giants Stadium.

Nothing that AM! has done since 2004 has mirrored their "anarcho" roots/style, and I don't care if Tom Gabel likes Chumbawumba more than punk music.*



**I read in an article somewhere that when he started AM!, he was a huge chumbawumba fan, and that was his ostensible reason for showing why he wasn't a true militant punk.

thats interesting since Crime is now issued via Sabot Productions which I think is owned by the Band's manager. Also from what i understood, AM! never had a contract with PIX so thats why I Crime was taken off PIX...for me, I was hugely disappointed that Warren left/got kicked out...that did it more for me.

oldgospelchoir wrote:

thats interesting since Crime is now issued via Sabot Productions which I think is owned by the Band's manager. Also from what i understood, AM! never had a contract with PIX so thats why I Crime was taken off PIX...for me, I was hugely disappointed that Warren left/got kicked out...that did it more for me.

exactly, Jordan runs Sabot and AM!, and Crime didnt have a contract, it was "a deal among friends" according to tom.

Warrens new restaurant is pretty good. It's called Boca Fiesta I think. It's in Gainesville.

1. TGA
2. The Bouncing Souls
3. State Radio
4. Death From Above 1979
5. Nothington
6. The National
7. Billy Talent
8. Numbers Radio
9. Against Me!
10. Dananananaykroyd

11. Hot Water Music
12. The Briggs
13. TV On The Radio

Tough tough tough


01. BIFFY CLYRO (OLDSCHOOL)

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02. Karnivool
03. The Gaslight Anthem
04. God is an Astronaut
05. Streetlight Manifesto
06. dredg
07. Explosions in The Sky
08. Mishka
09. Mad Caddies
10. The Ghost of a Thousand



honorable mentions: rocky votolato, kate nash, lauryn hill, against me!, john butler trio, less than jake, rise against, and so i watch you from afar, sans seraph, bandits of the acoustic revolution, lucero, birds of tokyo

1.) My Bloody Valentine
2.) Hot Water Music
3.) Jawbreaker
4.) Leatherface
5.) Husker Du
6.) Pavement
7.) Mogwai
8.) Dinosaur Jr.
9.) Flaming Lips
10.) Gaslight Anthem

No honourable mentions cause the list would be to long.

kieran wrote:

1.) My Bloody Valentine
2.) Hot Water Music
3.) Jawbreaker
4.) Leatherface
5.) Husker Du
6.) Pavement
7.) Mogwai
8.) Dinosaur Jr.
9.) Flaming Lips
10.) Gaslight Anthem

No honourable mentions cause the list would be to long.

BLASPHEMY

BLAPHEMY

1.TGA
2.Queens of The Stone Age
3. Smashing Pumpkins
4. The National
5. The Mars Volta
6. Eagles of Death Metal
7. Cold War Kids
8. Against Me! (Before New Wave)
9. The Distillers
10. The Hold Steady

Honorable Mentions: The White Stripes, Them Crooked Vultures, Zwan, Scars On Broadway, One Day As A Lion, Foo Fighters, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Doors, Bouncing Souls

I've got to say though, 5-10 are always shifting around

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. The Goo Goo Dolls
3. Bloc Party
4. Snow Patrol
5. The Script
6. OneRepublic
7. The Fray
8. The Killers
9. Sharks
10. Lifehouse

list would probably change some if I overthought it, but here it goes.
(outside of the top three the rest are in more or less random order).

1: The Gaslight Anthem
2: Bruce Springsteen
3: Frank Turner
4: Lucero
5: The National
6: Capital Lights
7: Tom Waits
8: The Offspring
9: The Bouncing Souls
10: House of Heroes

1. Mighty Mighty Bosstones
2. Street Dogs
3. Gaslight
4. Frank Turner
5. Have Nots
6. Chewing on Tinfoil
7. Rancid
8. Dropkick Murphys
9. Streetlight Manifesto
10. Hold Steady


honourable mentions:
nothington, the briggs, the clash, bouncing souls, cobra skulls, banquets, social d, everybody out! and stiff little fingers.

loazis wrote:

kieran wrote:

1.) My Bloody Valentine
2.) Hot Water Music
3.) Jawbreaker
4.) Leatherface
5.) Husker Du
6.) Pavement
7.) Mogwai
8.) Dinosaur Jr.
9.) Flaming Lips
10.) Gaslight Anthem

No honourable mentions cause the list would be to long.

BLASPHEMY

BLAPHEMY

hahaha this is actually kind of true!

1 gaslight
2 brand new
(no order from here)
new found glory
the doors
descendents

the rest eh? top 2 for me

Ok, so I'm gonna show my age here, and it's hard to pick, as I am trying to judge by overall output, rather than perhaps by my favourite one off songs or records, but here are my top ten 'bands', levelled where appropriate:

1. The Gaslight Anthem / Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
3. 10,000 Maniacs
4. The Who
5. REM / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / AC/DC
8. The Levellers
10. Stereophonics / Oasis.

Honorable 'band' mentions: Pink Floyd, Rainbow, The Clash, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hurt, The Arctic Monkeys, Editors, The Killers, etc.

My top 5 'solo' performers, also levelled where appropriate:

1. Elvis
2. Patti Smith / Tracy Chapman
4. Bob Dylan / Maria McKee

Honorable 'solo' mentions: Pete Townshend, John Watts, Bob Marley.

Jazz: Keith Jarrett.

Classical: Richard Wagner.

And if I don't post it now, I may reconsider the whole thing.

I'll give it a shot.

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. Third Eye Blind
3. Jacks Mannequin
4. Gun's N Roses
5. Mayer Hawthorne
6. City & Colour
7. Mat Kearney
8. Bruce Springsteen
9. Van Morrison
10. Jackson Browne

I'm kind of surprised Social Distortion didn't make it on anyones list, not that I'm really a fan I just got the feeling like people here were or maybe its just because Brian's such a big fan.

steady now steady now wrote:

Ok, so I'm gonna show my age here, and it's hard to pick, as I am trying to judge by overall output, rather than perhaps by my favourite one off songs or records, but here are my top ten 'bands', levelled where appropriate:

1. The Gaslight Anthem / Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
3. 10,000 Maniacs
4. The Who
5. REM / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / AC/DC
8. The Levellers
10. Stereophonics / Oasis.

Honorable 'band' mentions: Pink Floyd, Rainbow, The Clash, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hurt, The Arctic Monkeys, Editors, The Killers, etc.

My top 5 'solo' performers, also levelled where appropriate:

1. Elvis
2. Patti Smith / Tracy Chapman
4. Bob Dylan / Maria McKee

Honorable 'solo' mentions: Pete Townshend, John Watts, Bob Marley.

Jazz: Keith Jarrett.

Classical: Richard Wagner.

And if I don't post it now, I may reconsider the whole thing.

haha you're funny did you just say the who?! kidding (;

I'd like to add Rocky Votolato and City and Colour to my HM's in light of everyone's posts.

1 ) Gaslight
2 ) Murder By Death
3 ) Sonic Youth
4 ) The Roots
5 ) The Shins
6 ) Murder City Devils
7 ) The Ergs!
8 ) Bouncing Souls
9 ) Hot Water Music
10 ) Paint it Black

Not very representative by my last.fm. Only Gaslight and MBD are in order.

Honorable Mention: Wu-Tang Clan, The Hold Steady, Cap'n Jazz, End of a Year, OutKast, Latterman (and all of their side projects, specifically RVIVR)

tough one ... today it is:

1. Manic Street Preachers
2. The Gaslight Anthem
3. Mumford & Sons
4. Young Rebel Set
5. Chuck Ragan
6. Moneybrother
7. Blur
8. Keane
9. The Clash
10. Maximo Park

honorable mentions:
The National, The Enemy, Muse, British Sea Power, Bruce Springsteen, Against Me!, Snow Patrol, Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Kings Of Leon, Ash, Rufus Wainwright, Green Day, The Cinematics, JJ72, Editors, Placebo

1. The Clash
2.Bruce Springsteen
3.The Gaslight Anthem
4.The Replacements
5.Against Me!
6.Bob Dylan
7.The Rolling Stones
8.The Ramones
9.Arcade Fire
10.The Black Keys

Honorable Mention
The Strokes, The Airborne Toxic Event,Surfer Blood,Off With Thier Heads